Welcome to JRichardGentry.com

J. Richard Gentry, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed author, educational consultant, and researcher and a recognized leader in education for groundbreaking work in spelling and for recent work with Pre-K through second grade emergent literacy. His breakthrough insights on the early connections of reading, writing, and spelling—along with clarification of early developmental stages of spelling, word reading, and writing—are unraveling the mysteries of how teachers should teach, how children learn to read and write, and how to handle complex issues such as teaching phonics, spelling disabilities, overcoming dyslexia, along with the specific specifics of early intervention for children who are breaking the code.

His own personal struggles as a dyslexic who learned to read and his life-long battle with spelling disability paved the way for unexpected findings in educational theory and research as he combined cutting-edge, brain-based research with sound classroom knowledge for teaching literacy.

He is currently working on a new book for parents, Raising Confident Readers, to be released by Da Capo Press in 2010.


This site will help teachers and parents gain access to Dr. Gentry's work whose mission is to promote new understanding of the importance of spelling, to clarify early intervention for reading problems, and to promote understanding of how children break the complex English written code. If you are a teacher or parent, you will find a variety of helpful resources for guiding children who are beginning to read and write or who are struggling. Parents and teachers of pre-k and kindergarten will find a delightful nursery rhyme set of reading and writing materials.

On the Handouts page, located under the teachers tab, Dr. Gentry has made available materials from his seminars, keynote addresses and other presentations he conducts around the country.

In addition to purchasing Gentry's titles such as Breakthrough in Beginning Reading and Writing, Step-by-Step Assessment Guide to Code Breaking, Breaking the Code, and The Science of Spelling, or learning more about his spelling program, Spelling Connections (K-8) by Zaner-Bloser Publishers, the site makes it easy to contact Dr. Gentry for workshops and consulting services. Free educational features on the site include selected book chapters, journal articles, and newsprint media features as well as some of Dr. Gentry's favorite links.

Dr. Gentry is also on FaceBook. Become a Fan of JRichardGentry.com to stay in tune with some of the latest "happenings" in early childhood education.

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